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15-year-old jailed for raping waitress
3:56pm Wednesday 10th March 2010
A 15-year-old rapist from Tooting who forced a young waitress to perform a sex act on him was jailed indefinitely this morning.
Table tennis hero comes home to Battersea roots
4:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010
The biggest star in British table tennis went back to his roots recently, joining the fun at the Wandsworth club that steered him away from a life of street violence.
Campaign group wins legal victory after Battersea crane deaths
10:14am Wednesday 10th March 2010
A campaign group set up after a falling crane killed two men in Battersea four years ago have claimed a victory after finally securing a change in health and safety laws.
Singletons 'follow the man plan' in love chat show
6:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Wandsworth singletons spoke the language of love on Saturday during a chatshow broadcast live from Clapham Junction.
Council calls for new regulator over Heathrow
6:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Wandsworth Council has called on the Government to set up a new regulator for the aviation industry to deal with concerns over the expansion of Heathrow.
Ex-boyfriend 'could not remember' stabbing, court heard
6:10am Tuesday 9th March 2010
An obsessive loner who sent a Battersea escort girl photographs of his own slit wrists told the Old Bailey on Monday he could not remember stabbing her.
Teen cleared of murder
6:25pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
A Clapham teenager has been cleared of murdering a 16-year-old boy who allegedly had two dogs set upon him before he was stabbed to death in Larkhall Park, Stockwell.
MPs to debate threat to hospitals this afternoon
2:31pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
MPs will debate healthcare across the capital this afternoon as part of a Conservative-led motion on NHS London.
Putney residents warned of killer on the run
9:05am Tuesday 9th March 2010
Police are urgently appealing for information after a killer with Putney connections escaped from a secure mental health clinic in Edmonton yesterday.
Clapham TV presenter in charity skydive
6:10am Tuesday 9th March 2010
Sky news presenter Caroline Feraday is performing a skydive alongside other celebrities to raise money for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity.
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